But the full extent of his financial woes had yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n
In tonight\u2019s episode (Sunday 11th February), however, the grim details were laid out during a board meeting.<\/p>\n
The debt Matthew has accumulated in the company\u2019s name totals a figure well in excess of \u00a3250,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have brought Aylward E<\/span>states to the brink of ruin, and only the emergency reserve and a sizeable donation from your mother has kept the company afloat,\u201d said a board member.<\/p>\n When asked what he had to say, Matthew did note that the company \u201cwasn\u2019t in the best shape\u201d when he took it on, and that he did everything he could to \u201creverse its decline\u201d.<\/p>\n But while Lady Aylward<\/span> praised her son\u2019s good character, she was quick to highlight his \u201cunwise investments\u201d and the \u201cpremature sale of the warehouses\u201d.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n In dramatic fashion, Matthew was then struck from the board, and his salary was also stopped, effective immediately, leaving him no choice but to confess everything to Trixie, now the breadwinner, who was waiting patiently for him at the car showroom.<\/p>\n She remained there for two hours before heading back to the flat empty-handed, where Matthew informed her that there would be no car because he had made a \u201ccomplete and utter mess of the business\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cMy father had his own way of doing things, but I\u2019m not him,\u201d he said, before revealing that he had lost \u201ceverything he worked for\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m out of a job, and I\u2019m broke,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n But rather than descend into hysteria, which many might have expected, Trixie\u2019s love for her husband was on full display.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, we\u2019re broke,\u201d she corrected him. \u201cWe\u2019re married, for better for worse, for richer for poorer. Do you remember that?\u201d<\/p>\n All of their plans for the future are now on hold, including their move to the new apartment in the Barbican.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you own this flat outright, don\u2019t you?\u201d asked Trixie, confused about their inability to get a mortgage.<\/p>\n \u201cI only own the lease, and it expires in five years,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not just their own living situation which is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n\n
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